The battle of Anping City soon broke out.

On the one hand, the army of the three princes had prepared sufficient siege equipment, and on the other hand, Anping City had already made all preparations.

The only advantage of the three princes is Gao Song, the general of Zhenxi, a strong man in the Lingxu Realm who has experienced a hundred battles, whether he is commanding in the air or taking the lead in rushing to the city wall, he can play a great role.

Qi Lin had already expected this, and selected hundreds of masters who were good at archery in advance, they didn't care about the others, they just stared at Gao Song, as long as he rose into the air, there were hundreds full of internal strength, flying over with sword and arrow feathers.

Although Ling Xujing is strong, after all, he is still a mortal body, even if he is a master who specializes in physical cultivation, he can't remain invulnerable for a long time.

Hundreds of archery masters will limit Gao Song to death, and the only thing he can do is to fly in the distance and observe the tactical layout and flaws in Anping City.

And this, the super high cloud building can also do.

The situation was stalemate for a while, and the three princes did not continue to attack the city.

The three princes were pacing in the tent, there were not many people inside, most of the 800,000 were recruited later, and even fewer were able to completely gain the trust of the three princes.

The current situation is even more severe than the third prince expected, in his previous expectations, Xinyang City is the most difficult point to overcome, and he will not attack Xinyang City at all.

Fence Xinyang City, make the eldest prince become a turtle in the urn, and wait for the opportunity to subdue the other city lords, and wait until the general trend of Xinyang City has been decided, wouldn't it be better to clean up Xinyang City.

However, now it is Anping City that is holding back the pace of the army.

"Why are there so many defenders in Anping City, is the eldest prince preparing to fight me in Anping City?" the third prince roared hysterically.

Gao Song's expression remained unchanged, and he said: "I have taken a closer look, at least half of the soldiers in the city are recruits, their discipline is very poor, they can't even read the banner, and they don't listen to commands, but they do the simplest work, carrying stones and wood, and then throwing them under the city wall. However, because they don't know how to protect themselves, they also have the most casualties. ”

"What are you going to say?" The third prince was still angry, and asked loudly, "Are you saying that I was blocked by a group of recruits in Anping City and couldn't advance a bit?"

"No, I'm just saying that half of the people in Anping City are recruits. ”

"What's the difference, even recruits can defend Anping City, so will other cities follow suit, and will it become difficult for us to attack the city in the future?!"

The situation suddenly turned against the three princes, which is really not good news.

Gao Song said calmly: "Recruits have a way to deal with recruits, and there is no need for Your Highness to be so anxious. ”

"What method?" the third prince was overjoyed.

"Blood and fire!" Gao Song said word by word, "The psychology of recruits is very fragile, and those who have not experienced the tempering of war are not qualified to stand on the winning side at all." ”

"Blood~and~Fire?!"

The third prince thought about it for a long time, and he already had a plan in his heart.

When he left the camp, Gao Meng followed behind Gao Song, and suddenly said, "Father, do we really want to follow the third prince?"

"What, doesn't Meng'er recognize the Third Highness?" Although Gao Song was strict with Gao Meng, he also had a loving side.

"You can take the throne through war, but ...... Do you think the third prince is a good emperor who can govern the country well?" Gao Meng hesitated and asked.

"Emperor...... If the country of faith is like this, who can say that it is well governed? ”

Gao Song's eyes showed worry, after all, the emperor had the grace of knowing him, and several other colleagues accompanied the emperor to die on the battlefield, only he survived, but he had nothing to do with Xinguo.

"War has always been the only way to solve problems, and this is eternal. Gao Song said leisurely.

That night, the three princes reorganized a siege, this time sending not many soldiers, less than 100,000 people, but the drums, shouts, and trumpets shook the heavens and the earth, and the soldiers rushed to the city of Anping as if they were going to die, and then died under the bow and arrow in the dark night.

During the day, the three princes sent soldiers to call for battle, but did not launch a siege.

Of course, Qi Lin and Huang Qiu would not agree to fight in the field, even if their soldiers put on armor one after another because of the ugly scolding of the other party, and knelt down to ask to go out of the city to fight to the death, they did not get an answer.

At night, the soldiers of the three princes began to attack the city again, this time there were still more than 100,000 people, and the drums and horns sounded loudly, although the number was much more than the last time, but it was still with death.

"What's going on?"

Huang Qiu found out last night that something was wrong, this kind of behavior is definitely not in line with the style of a veteran, there must be something strange in it.

Qi Lin also frowned tightly and said: "Do they want to consume our energy, in the past two days, because of the other party's siege of the city, many soldiers have not rested, and their energy is very poor." ”

"Then you shouldn't really send troops to die......," Huang Qiu wondered.

Military affairs were one of Qi Lin's weaknesses, he shook his head, he really couldn't understand the deep meaning, so he had to ask: "How many stones, wood, and arrows are there in the city?"

Huang Qiu replied: "We have prepared a lot of things to defend the city before, and it is still okay to hold on for ten days and half a month, but because we can't see clearly at night, we have lost a lot in these two days." ”

"Do you think that the Third Prince sent people to death in order to consume our supplies?"

"It's not impossible. ”

Huang Qiu suddenly said: "Now that the opponent's 800,000 army has suffered huge losses in several sieges, you see if we should organize a counteroffensive." ”

Qi Lin immediately shook his head and denied Huang Qiu's suggestion, "Many of our soldiers have never been on the battlefield at all, as long as there is a slight disobedience, they may take the lead in causing a rout, although the army of the three princes also has other components, but after all, they have experienced many victories and are in full swing, even if there are fewer people than us, we are not their opponents." ”

The two discussed to no avail, so they could only temporarily take a strict defensive posture, take one step at a time, as long as they could block the three princes for one more day, they would be able to occupy a greater advantage.

The city occupied by the three princes before only took away the soldiers who defended the city, as well as the looted wealth, and there was no intention of garrisoning it at all.

Now, the people in those cities should be about to move, as long as the three princes are dragged outside Anping City, those cities will inevitably rebel, and by that time, the three princes will lose their supply grounds, and the 800,000 army will soon collapse from the inside.

On the night of the third day, accompanied by the drums of war, the three princes sent another 100,000 men to attack the city, and after consuming a large number of arrows, only the corpses were piled up under the city walls.

Because of the provocations of the three princes day and night, there was no time to clean up the battlefield, and at this time, thick corpses had piled up under the city walls, and hundreds of thousands of dead bodies even covered half of the city gate.

This time, everyone found out that something was wrong, because they watched the military camp of the three princes during the day, but they did not reduce the camp tent in the slightest, and the daily cooking smoke was still the same as before, so where did those soldiers who died under the city wall come from?

Many of the soldiers looked at the corpses in confusion, and suddenly another person shouted loudly.

"Second uncle, that's my second uncle! How could my second uncle join the third prince's side......

"Uncle...... How could it be you!"

"Ergouzi, why did you die......"

......

For a while, all kinds of terrible cries sounded, and many local soldiers actually found people they knew in the pile of corpses under the city walls.

"What the hell is going on?!"

Huang Qiu grabbed a crying soldier and asked sharply.

"I ...... I don't know, some time ago, Goudan was still in the village in the north, he was the only son in the family, and the family would not allow him to be a soldier......"

Huang Qiu didn't get any useful information, and everyone's rhetoric was similar, those people would not be soldiers, let alone join the opposite camp.

After reporting these news to Qi Lin, Qi Lin lowered his head after hearing this, and said weakly: "I know, I didn't expect the third prince to use such cruel means. Alas......"

At this moment, the army of the third prince came to Anping City again, and this time he didn't just send people to call for battle.

"Rocket, ready, put!"

With the order of the third prince, countless ignited arrows were shot, but the target was not the soldiers on the city wall, but the corpses below.

The corpses would not resist, they burned, and the stench of corpse oil and black smoke came out, and the soldiers on the walls vomited.

"Woo...... The second dog, I didn't expect that even a whole corpse would be lost after death. ”

"Uncle ......"

"Second Uncle......"

The third prince waved his horsewhip, pointed to the chaotic Anping City, and said to Gao Song: "General, look at what I am doing, is it in line with your strategy?" ”

Gao Song frowned, pursed his dry lips, and sighed, "It's too much." ”

In fact, Gao Song's original intention was not like this, but now there is no difference, things have happened, and it is himself who is the one who gives advice to the three princes, and he is already a sinner nailed to the pillar of shame in the history of Xinguo.

"Haha......"

The third prince looked up to the sky and laughed, and suddenly said: "You have heard of my second brother, he really has the courage to let the soldiers coerce the people to attack Green Water City, and let him succeed." I didn't have the guts, so I could only do it at night, sending soldiers to gather the people in the vicinity, give them military uniforms, and the sound of war drums suppressed the wails and sent them to death. ”

"Haha...... And those idiots didn't even find out, and even if they did, it wouldn't be what it is now......"

After saying this, the third prince didn't seem to be interested in looking at the scene of the fire burning anymore, and commanded the soldiers to start retreating, this flame will burn for a long time, and the siege must be slowed down.

Gao Song stayed, looking at the fire for a long time and reluctant to leave.

"Father. Gao Meng walked over, "Is this your choice?"

Gao Song replied, "I don't have a choice. ”

Three days later, the Three Princes launched a general assault on Anping City, throwing all their forces into the battlefield, leaving not a single personal guard.

Because of the fire, every soldier in Anping City was either timid or angry, and the whole city became different.

It's not a good phenomenon, it's not an anime, you can win as long as you ignite your blood, it's not even like it's a shipwreck, defending the city is a technical job, and when you give up your advantage and are ready to fight for your life, you've already lost.

Huang Qiu saw the ending, and Qi Lin also saw it.

"Sir, I'll send someone to send you away, you've done enough, there will always be accidents on the battlefield, and no one can blame you. ”

Huang Qiu is no longer called a general, but a gentleman, especially emphasizing the identity of Qi Lin's scholar.

Qi Lin shook his head firmly, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty trusted me and gave me a heavy responsibility, how could I escape at a critical moment." ”

Seeing that Qi Lin had made up his mind, Huang Qiu no longer persuaded him, but said: "Now defending the city is just in vain, it is better to open the city gate and fight to the death with the other party, although they are more numerous than us, but we are already in a predicament, the death of the people outside the city makes the soldiers not willing to surrender to the three princes, they will inevitably fight to the death, and there may be a glimmer of life." ”

Qi Lin agreed with Huang Qiu's suggestion, Huang Qiu was a real general, so he should naturally pay attention to his opinion.

The outcome of this battle in Anping City did not change, and after the heavy losses of the army of the three princes, Anping City was finally breached.

Huang Qiu died in battle, Qi Lin is said to have died in battle, but his body was not found on the battlefield, and nearly a million people died on the battlefield, and it was very difficult to find a person's body, but the third prince still believed in Qi Lin's death, because it was Gao Song who killed Qi Lin.

After this battle, the 800,000 army of the three princes only left more than 300,000, less than half of the previous one, because it was a battle that must be won, otherwise those who joined later would probably have fled.

There are also a lot of fleeing defenders in Anping City, they cleverly chose to break through from the north, and the three princes were busy chasing the remnants of the remnants of the troops who fled in the direction of Xinyang City, so they let them go, but it is difficult to say whether these are still willing to be loyal to the eldest prince.

At this point, the battle of Anping City was completely over, and the battle of Xinyang City had not yet begun, because the army of the third prince had suffered too heavy losses, and he urgently needed a lot of replenishment.

The news of this battle soon spread throughout the country of Shin, and the whole country of faith began to move with messengers coming and going every day on the official roads.

The first thing to move is the eldest prince, although he lost Anping City, Qi Lin and Huang Qiu, but also consumed the power of the three princes, now is his weakest time, 400,000 remnants of the army, it is definitely the eldest prince can defeat head-on.

On the top of the palace hall, the eldest prince sat on a high dragon chair, and there was no joy or sorrow on his face.

"How many more soldiers are available now?"

An official replied: "There are already 300,000 blood wolf troops in Xinyang City, plus the 300,000 temporarily recruited from other cities, we have 600,000 soldiers. ”

"600,000?" The eldest prince slapped the dragon chair fiercely and asked loudly: "Why didn't you say that there were 600,000 before, there were already 600,000, plus the 600,000 in Anping City, I lost to the third brother again, and Qi Lin died......"

The official only promised: "Your Majesty, at that time...... 300,000 soldiers were also temporarily recruited......"

He didn't know how to answer, the city lord was not optimistic about the eldest prince before, and wanted to preserve his strength as a bargaining chip in negotiations, so he didn't come to support the eldest prince.

But now, the fierce three princes have suffered a big loss in Anping City, and their troops are only half of what they used to be, not to mention that they have done such an angry thing, everyone knows how to make a choice.

After the eldest prince calmed down his anger, he said again: "Now prepare to gather troops and launch an attack on Anping City!"

The official stood still, looking left and right, looking very frightened.

At this time, Prime Minister Zhu Yin stood up and said: "Your Majesty, not at this time, Xinyang City is the key to Xinguo, no matter what, Xinyang City must be guarded by the army." ”

Zhu Yin was the prime minister when he was the first emperor, and the eldest prince did not dare to remove him from his position easily, and his words in the court were still very weighty.

"It's enough for a thousand people to stay in Xinyang City, just one city, why care so much. The Great Prince said.

"Your Majesty, please think twice!" Zhu Yin simply knelt down, "The important families of Xinguo are all in Xinyang City, but it is said that it is the foundation of Xinguo, even if the palace can be built again, but these families cannot afford to lose, just leave a few thousand soldiers to defend, I am afraid that even ordinary bandits will not be able to resist, if there is a situation like a beast tide, it will be terrible!"

Zhu Yin's meaning, the three princes know very well, compared to the battle between the three princes and the eldest prince, they are more worried about their own family, the dignitaries and nobles basically live in Xinyang City, if there are fewer soldiers to defend the faith, they will feel unsafe.

"Humph!"

The eldest prince snorted coldly: "It's all, as long as you concentrate the army and defeat the third brother, then what else can threaten Xinyang City, don't make all kinds of excuses for me." ”

Zhu Yin said again: "Your Majesty, the three princes are scheming, ruthless, and all kinds of moves are made, Weichen is not worried that His Majesty will lose to him, what he is worried about is that he will go crazy, regardless of the frontal battlefield, he will directly attack Xinyang City for thousands of miles, and your Majesty, Renjin City is also still in the hands of the Seven Princes, only a few hundred miles away from Xinyang City, Your Majesty must not be careless." ”

The other courtiers also knelt down and begged the eldest prince not to take all the troops with him.

"Okay!" The eldest prince flicked his sleeves fiercely and said coldly: "It's up to you, let's say, how many soldiers do you think is more appropriate to leave in Xinyang City." ”

After Zhu Yin and the other ministers discussed it, he said, "Your Majesty, Weichen begs Your Majesty to leave 100,000 blood wolf troops or 200,000 troops from other cities. ”

"What?" the eldest prince laughed angrily, "Okay, you really know how to open your mouth, 100,000 blood wolf army or other 200,000, a total of 600,000, do I want to leave it to you." ”

The Blood Wolf Army is the main force of the Great Prince, and he will never let this force be idle, but the 200,000 other armies have only recruited a total of 300,000 new soldiers, which is directly divided into more than half, so what is the difference between it and before.

Oh, the difference is that Qi Lin used 300,000 regular troops plus 300,000 recruits to fight the 400,000 troops of the three princes.

"Your Majesty. Zhu Yin persuaded again: "Please think twice, if you take away all the defenders of Xinyang City, causing Xinyang City to be empty and have no power to resist, who knows if there will be any city lord who is greedy and will come directly to Xinyang City to loot." ”

"The most important thing is that even if Your Majesty wins the war with the Third Prince, and then, Your Majesty's army is not much left, how can you fight with the Seventh Prince and the Second Prince, do you have to watch them seize what originally belonged to the Great Prince?"

These words made the eldest prince calm down, yes, the third prince had nothing, he just luckily gathered a group of remnants of the defeated generals, he lost, but what about himself.

The eldest prince has been on the throne as an emperor for more than a month, and he has tasted the sweetness of power, if he and the third prince are not completely victorious, then he may lose everything now.